Regional Schools Commissioners: more light touch, not a lot more power
Education’s new ‘middle tier’ in Hackney pushes academies to expand, and that’s about it
Benjamin Mortimer
Person and plate: star solicitor Diane Morrison picks up where Legal Aid left off
Meet the former typist who has become the pride of Hackney Community Law Centre
Documentary charts last days of the Haggerston Estate
After learning that their homes were to be demolished, the residents of Samuel House set about making the most of what time they had left there
A long way from home: Sudanese artist highlights plight of a displaced population
Tortured and uprooted, Anwar Elsamani counts himself lucky among migrants
Shoreditch Town Hall exhibition tells stories of migration through art
Sudanese artist Anwar Elsamani tells his story in photographs for an exhibition that sheds light on the experiences of East London’s migrant residents
Lee Jackson: 'The crux of modern life is Victorian'
Stoke Newington author Lee Jackson dishes the dirt in his new book Dirty Old London: The Victorian Fight Against Filth
Lee Jackson: ‘The crux of modern life is Victorian’
Stoke Newington author Lee Jackson dishes the dirt in his new book Dirty Old London: The Victorian Fight Against Filth
The Nervemeter: London's homeless distributed art magazine
Like the Big Issue, the Nervemeter is sold on the streets by the homeless – though similarities end there
East End universities come bottom of league tables
London Met and UEL score low but do league tables overlook benefits of ‘access universities’ ?
Hackney UTC: A fragile flagship
London’s first University Technical College will close its doors after two years due to lack of student desire to study there
‘This land is our land’: the Lammas Day ‘riots’ of August 1892
Benjamin Mortimer recounts a Victorian fight for local land
The Morning Star: black, white and red all over
Communist newspaper The Morning Star is continuing to take the fight to capitalism from its base in Hackney Wick
Bringing up girls: An interview with Melissa Benn
Benjamin Mortimer speaks to Melissa Benn about the state of schooling in the UK and her new book ‘What should we tell our daughters?’
Futures – book review: things are never 'stupid A to B'
Two City analysts who decide to speculate with cocaine become embroiled in a criminal underworld in novel Futures by Stoke Newington author John Barker
Futures – book review: things are never ‘stupid A to B’
Two City analysts who decide to speculate with cocaine become embroiled in a criminal underworld in novel Futures by Stoke Newington author John Barker
Kids enjoy forest education In the Sticks of Stoke Newington
Hackney social enterprise unleashes children’s creativity in the great outdoors